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Page 12
... half century has been the fondest hope of the lovers of freedom throughout the world . I know the American people are much attached to their government ; I know they would suffer much for its sake ; I know they would endure evils long ...
... half century has been the fondest hope of the lovers of freedom throughout the world . I know the American people are much attached to their government ; I know they would suffer much for its sake ; I know they would endure evils long ...
Page 18
... half done , and so I tore them up . The first I thought was not serious enough , and the second was on the other extreme . shall send this , turn out as it may . I This thing of living in Springfield is rather a dull busi- ness , after ...
... half done , and so I tore them up . The first I thought was not serious enough , and the second was on the other extreme . shall send this , turn out as it may . I This thing of living in Springfield is rather a dull busi- ness , after ...
Page 22
... half of the appellation , but now , when I beheld her , I could not for my life avoid thinking of my mother ; and this , not from with- ered features , for her skin was too full of fat to permit of its contracting into wrinkles , -but ...
... half of the appellation , but now , when I beheld her , I could not for my life avoid thinking of my mother ; and this , not from with- ered features , for her skin was too full of fat to permit of its contracting into wrinkles , -but ...
Page 49
... half of all are dead . I hear the loved survivors tell How nought from death could save , Till every sound appears a knell , And every spot a grave . I range the fields with pensive tread , And pace the hollow rooms , And feel ...
... half of all are dead . I hear the loved survivors tell How nought from death could save , Till every sound appears a knell , And every spot a grave . I range the fields with pensive tread , And pace the hollow rooms , And feel ...
Page 53
... half - insane mumbling of a fever dream is the whole war part of his late message ! At one time telling us that Mexico has nothing whatever that we can get but territory ; at another showing us how we can support the war by levying ...
... half - insane mumbling of a fever dream is the whole war part of his late message ! At one time telling us that Mexico has nothing whatever that we can get but territory ; at another showing us how we can support the war by levying ...
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